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Austin Nature & Science CenterBlunn Creek Nature PreserveChildren in Nature's WorkshopFamilies in NatureHamilton Pool Nature PreserveMcKinney Roughs Nature ParkMother Nature's Health StoreNature's Joint CBD DispensaryNature's TreasuresNatureversity Outdoor SchoolRiver Place Nature TrailRiverside Nature CenterSaranature Worm CastingSignatures SalonThe Birdhaus Nature StoreThe Canyon of the Eagles Lodge and Nature ParkThe Cibolo Nature CenterVictor Emanuel Nature ToursWild Connections Nature Detectives Camp
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Oct. 2, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker
The Wolfpack
This doc makes us privy to a family that's like none we've ever seen before
"...to leave behind any preconceptions you may have regarding nature vs. nurture before watching this almost painfully intimate documentary...."
June 19, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Exists
This found-footage horror film shot in Austin finds a Bigfoot chased from its home by the Bastrop fires.
"...deserted cabin out in the Big Thicket and lets nature have its skull-thumping way. Extreme sports enthusiasts all, the..."
Oct. 24, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Cheap Thrills
This grisly, dark comedy is last year's winner of Fantastic Fest's Midnighters Audience Award.
"...plays around with the idea of the generally debasing nature of reality TV vs. the morphing version of reality..."
March 21, 2014 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
After Earth
Often gorgeous, sometimes fascinating, this Smith-family outing is ultimately unwieldy and unsurprising.
"...After Earth is an ambitious man-against-nature epic, although keep in mind that in science-fiction nature..."
May 31, 2013 Movie Review by Louis Black
We Need To Talk About Kevin
Tilda Swinton stars as the mother of a teen rampage killer who has a complicated relationship with her son.
"...Nature, nurture, or just plain evil? That's the question at..."
Feb. 3, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick's latest film bursts with unbridled ambition and vision, and while it doesn't always reach the heights for which it aims, it soars boldly and fearlessly.
"...torn by the contradictory pulls of the “way of nature,” which is represented by the father, and the “way..."
June 3, 2011 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Oceans
The makers of Winged Migration are behind this documentary about the creatures that live in the waters covering nearly two-thirds of the Earth's surface.
"...Jacques Cluzaud. In the opening moments of this new nature documentary from the French filmmaking team who made Winged..."
April 30, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Strange Wilderness
When a popular wildlife TV show starts slipping in the ratings, the clueless hosts go off to the Andes in search of Bigfoot and big ratings. Big mistake.
"...Borgnine. Early on in this shambling comedy about a nature show struggling to avoid the network's mighty axe of..."
Feb. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
NBT: Never Been Thawed
Mockumentary about the members of a Frozen Food Enthusiasts Club is funny when it stays on topic but becomes scattered when it strays.
"...depiction in this comedy holds many truths about the nature of collectors in general. They brag about their acquisitions..."
Nov. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Enduring Love
This creepy tale of a stalker and the object of his affection is adapted from an Ian McEwan novel.
"...about the illusion of love as a trick of nature to ensure the propagation of the species). Claire suggests..."
Nov. 19, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
The Story of the Weeping Camel
A story about a Mongolian camel and her newborn calf becomes a transfixing lesson about the rhythms of life.
"...could have steered itself into anthropomorphized pathos and treacly nature footage. But the family sends its two young boys..."
July 16, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Keep the River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale
"...for an ethnographic study. The movie is biographical in nature and not quite up to the task of posing..."
April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Better Living Through Circuitry
"...much in Reiss' film, though they do explain the nature of their music in telling detail while standing in..."
July 21, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The General
"...out the window. Which makes sense, given the one-of-a-kind nature of Martin Cahill himself. As Boorman makes clear, it..."
March 5, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Wild America
"...brilliance. Broadly based on true boyhood experiences of award-winning nature documentarian Mark Stouffer (played here by Devon Sawa), Wild..."
July 4, 1997 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Johnny 100 Pesos
"...particularly zealous journalist (Hernandez) effectively comment on the bloodthirsty nature of the television and newspaper reporting media and the..."
Jan. 19, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor
The Secret of Roan Inish
"...in a remarkable way, in a swirl of history, nature, and folklore that speaks to all ages. As in..."
June 2, 1995 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Artist Calder Kamin Envisions "A World Without Waste"
With animals crafted from plastic bags, the Austin native turns our eyes to nature
"...and adapt, but we need to be more like nature...."
July 2, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell
Other Worlds Austin: Embers
Award-winner examines the terror and liberation of forgetting
"...and who was there with them, that sets their nature. Embers poses one question: What if you can remember..."
Dec. 8, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Great Outdoors 2.0
Becoming one with nature ... and 200 Instagram followers
"...project. Gone are the days of being one with nature, alone in the wilderness: Even if you can't get..."
May 15, 2015 Features Feature by Andrea Kinnison
Day Trips
Canyon of the Eagles Nature Park in Burnet makes camping easy
"...Canyon of the Eagles Nature Park and Resort, in Burnet, smoothes camping's rough edges...."
Nov. 8, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Money's Green, Too
The Nature Conservancy & Big Bidness Makes Cents
"...watching closely last week, you might have caught The Nature Conservancy President and CEO John Sawhill hawking GM trucks..."
Nov. 3, 1995 News Feature
Arts Review: "Floriculture"
The impermanence of floristry and the eternal nature of tattoos highlight Pastiche House’s fusion philosophy
"...a talented florist is just another way to appreciate nature using a different medium than my norm, which is..."
June 2, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
Day Trips: San Pedro Creek Culture Park, San Antonio
Art installations blend with nature at an Alamo City creek
"...brother of San Antonio's River Walk. Art, history, and nature take the place of restaurants, hotels, and tourists...."
Nov. 4, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Fin, Fur, Feather, and Wonder in Deep in the Heart
New nature documentary explores the diversity and fragility of Texas wildlife
"...Most nature documentaries of this scale are episodic and designed for..."
June 3, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker
Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful
The fashion photographer's contradictions, from the glamazons who knew him
"...revealing his obvious kinks in the process), the remarkable nature of their 56-year marriage only adds more depth to..."
July 24, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
First Love
Japanese master Takashi Miike at his quirkiest and most romantic
"...2020). Despite all this, First Love’s warm and tender nature keeps it an endearing and heartwarming addition to the..."
Oct. 4, 2019 Movie Review by Jenny Nulf
aGLIFF Review: Transfinite
SF anthology feature shows lives as limitless as nature
"...trans love, and trans lives are “as limitless as nature itself,” as the words under Transfinite read in this..."
Aug. 26, 2019 Screens Post by Nick Yeager
Crawl
Chompy creature feature is the savior of summer horror
"...cast, and a director who knows how to unleash nature for terrifying, bloody effect...."
